High-temperature seafloor hydrothermal circulation over geologic time and archean banded iron formations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Lowell, Robert P ^a   Keller, Susan M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HEAT LOSSES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; GALLIUM; TECTONICS;

HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; CONSTRUCT MODELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON FLUXES; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC HEAT; SQUARE ROOTS;

GEOPHYSICS; HEAT LOSSES;

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 0141427652     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016536     Document Type: Article

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